Laura Del Rosso

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

“I think what they’re doing is backfiring. Our numbers are skyrocketing.“ - @ezralevin.bsky.social on Republicans’ lies about the peaceful No Kings protests

There are more RSVPs and events planned for Saturday than there were back in June. Please join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

August 12, 2025 Liberal commentator Jessica Tarlov nailed it this morning when she wrote: “He’s doing everything EXCEPT releasing the Epstein files.” Her comment was in reference to President Donald Trump’s social me...

August 12, 2025

Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.

A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.

Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.

Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone

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How to Snag a Campsite Near National Parks Find out the requirements to pick an adjacent campsite on short notice

Love national parks? Loathe using Reservation.gov? Not a long-term planner? My latest AARP story shares my personal tips for getting a last-minute campsite at or near a national park. www.aarp.org/travel/vacat...

Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

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Rubio hails end of USAID as study says its elimination could contribute to 14 million deaths in next 5 years | CNN Politics US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) Tuesday as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the end of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) as a new analysis found that its demolition could contribute to 14 million deaths in the next five years.

Column | Why aren’t Italians as obese as Americans? It’s not really what they eat. The obesity rate in Italy is far below that in the U.S., even though Italians enjoy multicourse meals involving pasta.

Column by Tamar Haspel | Italy has a much lower obesity rate than the U.S., even though Italians enjoy multicourse meals.

Here’s why:

Opinion | America is losing its memory The National Archives and Records Administration is the collective repository of American memories and history.

A few years ago, I authored this opinion piece to lobby for better funding for the National Archives. Read it now for examples of the kinds of discoveries people make there—amazing stuff that happens every day. But the public’s access has just been restricted.
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BREAKING:
Really.

Earlier today the National Archives page for its facility at College Park, home to many of the most important federal civilian records, announced it would soon be closed to the citizenry. (1st photo.) Now the notice is gone. (2nd) Is the plan rescinded? Or just hidden?

San Francisco No Kings!

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RFK Jr. threatens to bar government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals The health secretary said the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and The Lancet are in bed with pharma.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar government scientists from publishing in major medical journals, saying on a podcast that three top journals were “corrupt” and influenced by pharmaceutical companies.

Ciao Anne! Saluti!

Paul McCartney photography at the DeYoung Museum in San Francisco. What memories, what fun.

Save the date!

March 20, 2025 It seems as if the Trump administration is rushing to tear apart as much as it can as opponents of its wholesale destruction of the United States government organize to stop them.

March 20, 2025

1. Amazingly prolific and important columnist deserving of much more respect.
2. Spiking is one thing — it’s their paper, so they can make stupid decisions all day long — but not explaining the spike to someone like her is chickenshit move of an inept leader.
3. They don’t care.
4. Call me, Jeff.

Great quote from James Fallows, from a Substack piece on the damage Musk/Trump are doing to the FAA— the problem with DOGE overall. I had a hunch transportation disasters will be the hallmark of this disastrous administration. I'm more convinced of it now.
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Great news! b. Patisserie is coming to Union Square! 🙌 Details in the tablehopper newsletter this week, subscribe at tablehopper.com.
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Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration responsible for protecting air travel.

BREAKING: Homeland Security is ending a collective bargaining agreement with tens of thousands of TSA employees, marking a major attack on worker rights.

Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights The Department of Homeland Security says it's ending the collective bargaining agreement with the tens of thousands of frontline employees at the Transportation Security Administration responsible for...

One more ticked box on why we’re sitting ducks for terrorists during the Trump regime. Demoralizing TSA workers is not a smart strategy for safety.

📌 Homeland Security ends collective bargaining agreement with TSA staffers, an attack on worker rights.
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US joins Russia to vote against UN resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine | CNN Politics The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.

For the US to side with Russia and North Korea to oppose a UN resolution condemning the illegal invasion of Ukraine defies all common sense and adds insult to the countless injuries suffered by the brave Ukrainian people. edition.cnn.com/2025/02/24/p...

No, 150-Year-Olds Aren't Collecting Social Security Benefits Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud in the Social Security Administration. There's a much simpler explanation.

No, 150-year-olds aren't collecting Social Security benefits. Elon Musk claims to have found rampant fraud; but there's a much simpler explanation.

On Monday, February 17 at noon, this nation will remind Donald Trump and his enablers in Congress that THEY. WORK. FOR. US. #NationalDayOfProtest

Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.

A US Treasury Threat Intelligence Analysis Designates DOGE Staff as ‘Insider Threat’ An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

SCOOP: A US Treasury threat intelligence analysis has designated DOGE staff an ‘insider threat'. An internal email reviewed by WIRED calls DOGE staff's access to federal payments systems “the single biggest insider threat risk the Bureau of the Fiscal Service has ever faced.”

February 3, 2025 I’m going to start tonight by stating the obvious: the Republicans control both chambers of Congress: the House of Representatives and the Senate.

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The DEI caused the plane crash narrative is a distraction. The tariffs are a distraction. Whatever insane nonsense Trump spews that the media will chase like cats chasing a laser light is a distraction. The only story that counts right now is the wholesale hijacking of control of the US government.